Last week, the nation of Brunei began instituting a sharia law code that can fairly be described as barbaric; once fully implemented it will involve penalties for premarital pregnancy, the severing of limbs, and death by stoning for adultery and gay sex. The country is small (pop. 440,000)—but it's wealthy, with a famously extravagant ruling family of oil and gas billionaires. One of its holdings is the Dorchester Collection, a group of luxury hotels in major world cities whose website is splashed with images of attractive people seemingly set to engage in activities that would not go over well in Brunei: